Redpoint Ventures was founded in 1999 by partners from two of the top firms in the venture capital industry. The firm is focused on funding innovative companies that have the potential to define, lead, and change industries. Redpoint partners have many years of experience and success in technology investing; combined with this foundation, the firm is able to leverage a thriving network of entrepreneurs, partners, and industry experts to accelerate building market-leading companies. Redpoint (www.redpoint.com) is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA with offices in Los Angeles and Shanghai, China.

Our Investment Approach
We believe that a venture capital firm must bring the entrepreneur more than money. We take a three-tiered approach to starting businesses that bring value to our companies at every level.

Passion for innovation: Before anything else, we seek out category-defining technologies in the biggest sectors and fund the companies that have the potential to create and change landscapes. We watch the technology market carefully and focus on a few core segments. Establishing a set of beliefs about how these segments will develop and a vision for where the industry will go, we invest based on that vision. Our approach not only helps establish the category, it ensures that our portfolio companies have access to a network and a knowledge base that will give them a competitive advantage.

Partnership: Our relationship with entrepreneurs is based on partnership and a shared vision. Moving from vision to execution, we work with companies to tackle the daily challenges of building a business. We bring our domain expertise, market experience and strategic insight to work for each portfolio company as part of that partnership.

People: A large part of Redpoint's value is opening the right doors and bringing the right experience. Developing, expanding and managing a network of contacts are founding principles of Redpoint. As a venture capital team, Redpoint's partners combine their contacts, knowledge base and 100+ years of relevant experience to assist each portfolio company.